accessary

Historical Examples

• In Pekin, the shew was but an accessary; every one pursued his business, at the same time that he gratified his curiosity.

  Travels in China, Containing Descriptions, Observations, and Comparisons, Made and Collected in the Course of a Short Residence at the Imperial Palace of Yuen-Min-Yuen, and on a Subsequent Journey through the Country from Pekin to Canton

  John Barrow

• “An accessary, both before and after the fact,” he repeated to himself.

  Forging the Blades

  Bertram Mitford

• It appeared that Robert had refused to be accessary to their scheme; and it was probable that he had betrayed it to the marquis.

  A Sicilian Romance

  Ann Radcliffe

• My mother proceeded; You have a relation, madam; I understand she was accessary to your misfortune.

  Memoirs of Miss Sidney Biddulph

  Frances Sheridan

• An accessary before the fact may be tried and punished in all respects as if he were the principal.

  The New Gresham Encyclopedia. Vol. 1 Part 1

  Various